Pain and swelling behind the ear

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Asked for Female, 42 Years

There is pain and swelling behind my ear since I had a centipede bite in my scalp two days back. Is it related to the bite. Shall I go for treatment.

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Dr. Jaimini Thakkar

ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist 6 yrs exp Anand

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Dr. Oliyath Ali

ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist 8 yrs exp Delhi

Yes it may that the bite site at your scalp got infected and is causing the postauricular lumph nodes to swell. U need to show ua scalp bite site and postauricular swelling on video then i can give u medicines.

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Dr. Spandana Kandra

Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) Specialist 11 yrs exp Vijayawada

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